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scilcen

  • noun [ feminine ]
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scilcen, scilcenn, e; f.
A female servant or slave, a woman of bad character:
    Hom. Th. ii. 162, 33.
— Hé gemacode ðæt seofon nacode wímmen urnon plegende on heora gesihþum, ðæt heora mód wurde ontend tó gálnysse þurh ðæra scylcena plegan,
Etymology
[Al nis bute ase a schelchine to sernien þe leafdi, A. R. 12, 24. M. H. Ger. schelkin serva.]
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v. scealc.
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v.  scylcen.
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  • scilcen, n.